The Hindu 31.03.2011
Raichur CMC gives approval for Rs. 5.04-crore surplus budget
Modern vegetable market to be set up, roads improved
For the year ahead: President of Raichur City Municipal Council Mamata
Sudhakar presenting the CMC budget in Raichur on Wednesday.
Raichur City Municipal Council approved a Rs. 5.04-crore surplus budget
for 2011-12 at a special general body meeting here on Wednesday.
Presenting the budget, CMC president Mamata Sudhakar
said it had been prepared keeping in mind the demands of the people.
Improving roads, establishing a modern vegetable market and setting up a
children’s park have been proposed.
The expected income is Rs. 85.76 crore and the budget
proposes an expenditure of Rs. 80.72 crore towards various development
works and payment of salary to municipal employees. It expects to
collect Rs. 6 crore property tax, Rs. 2.25 crore water tax, and Rs. 5
crore development cess, fees from the transfer of khatas, and permits
for building construction.
Grants
The council expects to get grants from the Government,
including Rs. 6.69 crore for payment of salaries to municipal employees
and Rs. 6.5 crore for water supply and streetlighting. It also expects a
grant of Rs. 1.14 crore from the State Finance Commission and the 13th
Finance Commission, Rs. 14.9 crore as part of the Chief Minister’s
Special Grant and Rs. 60 lakh from the MP and MLA development grants.
Infrastructure
Ms. Sudhakar told the meeting that Rs. 5.5 crore had
been set apart to improve five major roads in the city. The roads
between Shettybhavi Circle and Thimmapurpet, Mahaveer Circle and
Vallabhbhai Patel Circle, Netaji Circle and Shashi Mahal Circle,
Vallabhbhai Circle and Geeta Mandir, and Teen Khadil and Ashok Depot
Circle will be widened.
Some Rs. 5 crore had been reserved for setting up a
modern vegetable market, Rs. 3 crore for construction of overhead tanks
at Maddipet, Dattatreya Temple, Old Hospital and Ashraya colonies, Rs.
1.5 crore for establishment of a children’s park at the public garden on
Station Road, Rs. 1.25 for construction of toilets, Rs. 1 crore for
Ambedkar and Jagjevann Ram kalyan mantapas and Rs. 5 crore towards
providing quality education and educational assessment programmes.
‘Development-oriented’
While describing the budget as development-oriented,
Raichur MLA Syed Yasin said the council should complete the pending work
on the express power supply line for proper distribution of drinking
water in the city.
Councillors such as G. Shivamurthy, K. Shanthappa,
Jayanna, Daroor Basawaraj, T. Mallesh and A. Mareppa welcomed the budget
and assured the council of their cooperation in the implementation of
the proposed projects. CMC vice-president K. Sulochena and Municipal
Commissioner Tippesh were present.